Craig Ellwood

Craig Ellwood, born Jon Nelson Burke ( born April 22, 1922 in Clarendon, Texas, † 30 May 1992 in Pergine Valdarno, Italy ) was an American architect of the modern era. He lived from the early 1950s until the mid- 1970s in Los Angeles.

Although he was not trained as an architect, he had a successful career because of his talent for good design, self-promotion and ambition. His works combine the formalism of Mies van der Rohe with the informal style of California modernism.

After his military service in the United States Army Air Corps, he founded together with his brother Cleveland and two fellow soldiers, the brothers Marzi Cola, one of which had a license to build a company. The four owners called their office ' Craig Ellwood ' after the Lords and Elwood liquor store in the same building. Later Jon Nelson Burke took the name Craig Ellwood. He studied for five years in civil engineering at night school at UCLA.

Ellwood office grew with the size and number of its orders, but it was not particularly profitable. There were several notable projects, including the approach to the headquarters of the RAND Corporation and offices of Xerox and IBM, as well as the " Bridge Building" at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (California), spanning a dried river and a road.

Projects (selection)

  • Lappin House, Los Angeles ( California ), 1948
  • Hale House, Beverly Hills (California ), 1949
  • Case Study House 16 ( Salzman House), Bel Air (California), 1951-53
  • Courtyard Apartments, Hollywood ( California), 1952-53
  • Case Study House 17 ( Hoffman House ), Beverly Hills (California), 1954-56
  • Case Study House 18 (Fields House), Beverly Hills (California), 1955-58
  • Smith House, Los Angeles ( California ), 1955
  • Hunt House, Malibu (California ), 1955
  • South Bay Bank, Los Angeles ( California ) 1956
  • Carson Roberts Office Building, West Hollywood (California), 1958-60
  • Daphne House, Hillsborough ( CA ), 1960-61
  • Scientific Data Systems, various buildings and offices, El Segundo (California ) and Pomona (California), 1966-69
  • Max Palevsky House, Palm Springs (California ), 1968
  • Charles and Gerry Bobertz Residence, San Diego ( California ), 1953
  • Art Center College of Design ( Hillside Campus), Pasadena (California ), 1976
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